The Mailer Review/Volume 2, 2008/Norman Mailer Bibliography: 2007

Written by
Constance E. Holmes
Kristine A. Wilson

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Note: Much of the following has been incorporated into Norman Mailer: Works and Days.

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URL: https://prmlr.us/mr08bib

Addenda through 2006

Primary

Letters

Mailer, Norman (March 4, 1968). "Protest" (Letter). Letter to New York Review of Books. 10:5. Copy of letter to Leonid I. Brezhnev, with other signatories.

— (May 9, 1968). "Violence in Oakland" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 10:9. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (March 27, 1969). "Protest" (Letter). Letter to New York Review of Books. 12:6. Copy of telegram to Hon. U Thant, with other signatories.

— (June 19, 1969). "The Committee to Defend the Conspiracy" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 12:12. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (January 25, 1973). "Ford's Better Idea" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 19:11 & 12. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (November 24, 1977). "Words for the Shah" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 24:19. Retrieved 2020-10-01. Open letter to the Prime Minister of Iran, with other signatories.

— (December 7, 1978). "In a Cuban Prison" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 25:19. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (October 11, 1984). "The Case of Alexandr Bogolovski" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 31:15. Copy of letter to Mr. A. M. Rekunov, Procurator General of the USSR, with other signatories.

— (August 13, 1986). "Arrests in Poland" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 33.13. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (March 15, 1990). "Celebrating Mencken" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 37:4. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (February 11, 1993). "An Urgent Appeal from Pen American Center" (Letter). Letter to President Clinton. New York Review of Books. 40:4. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (February 15, 1996). "The Case of Wei Jingsheng" (Letter). Letter to to Prime Minister Paul Keating et al. New York Review of Books. 43:3. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories. An open letter.

— (December 18, 2003). "JFK's Assassination" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 50:20. Retrieved 2020-10-01. With other signatories.

— (November 4, 2004). "The Election and America's Future" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 51:17. Retrieved 2020-10-01. Letter; one of a series solicited by the Editors.

— (August 11, 2005). "Blocked" (Letter). Letter to the Editors, New York Review of Books. 52:13. Retrieved 2020-10-01. As author of Oswald’s Tale, with other signatories.

2007

Primary

Books

Mailer, Norman (2007). The Castle in the Forest. New York: Random House.

—; Lennon, J. Michael (2007). On God: An Uncommon Conversation. New York: Random House.

Book Contributions

Mailer, Norman (2007). "Commentary". Knockout: The Art of Boxing. By Regan, Ken. San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions.

— (2007). Introduction. Marilyn Monroe. By Schiller, Lawrence. Los Angles, CA: East End Editions KLS.

Interviews

Fox, Sue (July 8, 2007). "Even at 84, Norman Mailer Refuses to Pull His Punches". Sunday Express. UK first ed. p. 55. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

Freeman, John (January 20, 2007). "Devilish Motives". Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. p. 30. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

Lee, Michael (Summer 2007). "The Devil in Norman Mailer" (PDF). Literary Review. 50 (4): 202–217. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

Llewellyn, Caro (March 31, 2007). "The Lion in Winter: Norman Mailer Talks about Writing His First Novel in a Decade". Weekend Australian. p. 1. pre-prints ed.

McCrum, Robert (November 11, 2007). "The Author at Home". The Observer. England. Essay-Interview.

O’Hagan, Andrew (Summer 2007). "The Art of Fiction No. 193, Norman Mailer". The Paris Review. 49 (181): 44+.

— (September 2007). "Get Your Ass off My Pillow". Harper’s Magazine. No. 315.1888. pp. 22–24.

Rose, Daniel Asa (January 21, 2007). "In Conversation ... ; with Norman Mailer". Washington Post. T07. Final ed.

Wollheim, Richard (November 19, 2007). "Living like Heroes". New Statesman. No. 137.4871. p. 62. Abridged reprint of a 1961 interview promoting Advertisements for Myself

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“Mailer on Bush, Obama & Writing.” By Colin Miner. New York Sun 22 Jan 2007: 15.

“Mailer’s Novel Ideas about Hitler.” By Judy Stoffman. The Toronto Star 28 Jan 2007: C04.

“Norman Mailer.” By Mark Binelli. Rolling Stone 1025/1026 (3–17 May 2007): 69–70.

“Norman Mailer.” Survey-Interview by unknown author. Vanity Fair 557 (Jan 2007): 166.

“Now Age 84....” Essay-Interview by Allen Pierleoni. Sacramento Bee 4 Feb 2007, metro final ed.: TK22.

“A Portrait of the Devil as a Young Man.” By Dylan Foley. Star-Ledger 28 Jan 2007, final ed.: 6.

“The Rise of Mailerism.” Article-Interview by Michael Lennon. New York 40.36 (15 Oct 2007): 24+. Mailer discusses On God.

“The Sound and the Baby Führer.” By Gene Santaro. World War II 22.2 (May 2007): 23–25.

Tough Guys Don’t Quit.” By Gregory Kirschling. Entertainment Weekly 916 (19 Jan 2007): 48.

“Writing with the Devil.” Q & A with Nan Goldberg. Boston Globe 4 Feb 2007, Magazine: 15.

Secondary

Essays, Articles, Book Chapters, and Dissertations

"Sex-Mad Mailer Enraged Rival". New York Post. Page Six. January 17, 2007. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-10-01. Article discussing Ralph Ellison’s attitude toward Mailer, according to Ellison’s biographer.

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Bancroft, Collette.“A Man of Many Letters.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 16 Oct 2007: 1E. A look at Mailer and Mailer scholarship on the occasion of both the publication of On God and the launch of Mailer Review.

Beach, Patrick. “Mailer’s Memories about to Open at Ransom Center.”Austin American-Statesman 23 Dec 2007, final ed.: J5.

Bennett, Bruce. “Mailer at the Movies.” New York Sun 20 July 2007: 11. Overview of Mailer’s films.

Brokaw, Leslie. “HFA Salutes Norman Mailer on Film.” Boston Globe 16 Sep 2007, third ed.: N11.

Bufithis, Philip. “The Executioner’s Song: A Life Beneath Our Conscience.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 77–79.

Burns, Paul C. “Transformation of Biblical Methods and Godhead in Norman Mailer’s Gospel.” In Jesus in Twentieth-Century Literature, Art, and Movies. Ed. Paul C. Burns. New York: Continuum, 2007.

Chaiken, Michael. “The Master’s Mercurial Mistress: How Norman Mailer Courted Chaos 24 Frames per Second.” Film Comment 43.4 (Jul/Aug 2007): 36–42.

Crook, Zeba. “Fictionalizing Jesus: Story and History in Two Recent Jesus Novels.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 5.1 (Jan 2007): 33–55.

Dickstein, Morris. “How Mailer Became ‘Mailer’: The Writer as Private and Public Character.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 118–31.

Duguid, Scott.“The Addiction of Masculinity: Norman Mailer’s Tough Guys Don’t Dance and the Cultural Politics of Reaganism.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 23–30.

Freeman, John. “Writers Remain a Robust Bunch.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 28 Jan 2007: 1E. Article about the continued productivity of aging “literary giants” Mailer, Updike, and Roth.

Gottlieb, Akiva. “Norman Mailer, Auteur.” Forward 20 Jul 2007: B1+. Article on Mailer’s films, on the occasion of the New York exhibit “The Mistress and the Muse: The Films of Norman Mailer.”

James, Clive. “Norman Mailer.” In Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. 409–413.

Goldfarb, Reuven. “The Jewish Mailer.” Jerusalem Post 20 Nov 2007: 14. Henderson, Cathy, Richard W. Oram, Molly Schwartzburg, and Molly Hardy. “Mailer Takes on America: Images from the Ransom Center Archive.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 141–75.

Holmes, Constance E. and J. Michael Lennon.“Norman Mailer: Supplemental Bibliography through 2006.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 234–60.

Houpt, Simon. “Still a Brawler at Heart.” Globe and Mail [Canada] 27 Jan 2007: R4.

Howard, Gerald. “Mailer Gets Hammered.” New York Times Book Review 26 Aug 2007, late ed. final: 27. Essay discussing Mailer’s films, focusing on Maidstone.

Howley, Ashton. “Mailer Again: Heterophobia in Tough Guys Don’t Dance.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 31–46.

J. C. “White Mischief.” TLS: Times Literary Supplement 26 Oct 2007: 36. Includes brief mention of Mailer Review.

Junod, Tom. “The Last Man Standing.” Esquire 147.1 (Jan 2007): 108–133.

Kachka, Boris. “Mr. Tenditious.” New York 40.2 (15 Jan 2007): 62. Recaps Mailer’s history of responding negatively—even violently—to criticism.

Kaufmann, Donald L. “An American Dream: The Singular Nightmare.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 194–205.

Kennedy, William. “Norman Mailer as Occasional Commentator in a Self-Interview and Memoir.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 11–26.

Kriegel, Leonard. “Mailer’s Hitler: Round One.” Sewanee Review 115.4 (Fall 2007): 615–620.

Lennon, J. Michael. “Gallery Talk: The Mailer Archive.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 132–40.

———. “Norman Mailer: Novelist, Journalist, or Historian?” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 91–103.

———. (ed. and note): “‘A Series of Tragicomedies’: Mailer’s Letters on The Deer Park, 1954–55.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 45–79.

Long, Karen Haymon. “Mailer in Review.” Tampa Tribune 18 Nov 2007, final ed., Baylife: 1. Discusses the formation of the Mailer Society and the annual conference, focusing on Tampa-area members and the launch of the Mailer Review out of USF.

Lucid, Robert F. “[Boston State Hospital: The Summer of 1942].” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 27–33. Excerpt from incomplete authorized biography.

Masters, Brian. “So Are Some People Really Born Evil?” Daily Mail [London] 19 April 2007, first ed.: 14. Article discussing The Castle in the Forest in relation to an actual scientific study on evil and genetics.

McDonald, Brian. “Post-Holocaust Theodicy, American Imperialism, and the ‘Very Jewish Jesus’ of Norman Mailer’s The Gospel According to the Son.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 78–90.

Meloy, Michael. Sex Fiends of the Fifties: Intersections of Violence, Sexuality, and Masculinity in the Work of Norman Mailer, William Styron, and Ken Kesey. Diss. U of South Carolina, 2007. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2007. AAT 3280339.

Middlebrook, Jonathan: “Five Notes toward a Reassessment of Norman Mailer.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 179–83.

Partridge, Jeffrey F. L. “The Gospel According to the Son and Christian Belief.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 64–77.

Petigny, Alan.“Norman Mailer,‘The White Negro,’ and New Conceptions of the Self in Postwar America.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 184–93.

Rampton, David. “Plexed Artistry: The Formal Case for Mailer’s Harlot’s Ghost.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 47–63.

Rodwin, John G. "Fighters and Writers". The Mailer Review. Fall 2008. 396-406.

Rollyson, Carl. “Mailer’s Other Career.” Village Voice 52.29 (18–24 Jul 2007): 68. On the occasion of the New York exhibit, “The Mistress and the Muse: The Films of Norman Mailer.”

Rose, Daniel Asa. “Advertisements for a Gay Self.” New York 40.4 (5 Feb 2007): 9. Brief comment praising Mailer’s treatment of homosexuality in The Castle in the Forest.

Ryan, James Emmett. “‘Insatiable as Good Old America’: Tough Guys Don’t Dance and Popular Criminality.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 17–22.

Scott, A.O. “Norman Mailer Unbound.” New York Times 20 Jul 2007, late ed. final, east coast: E1!. Discuss/reviews Mailer’s films in anticipation of a screening at Lincoln Center.

Severs, Jeffrey Frank. Reinventing Totalitarianism in the Postwar American Novel. Diss. Harvard U, 2007. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2007. AAT 3265089.

Book Reviews

"His Perfect Sense of the Other". New Criterion. 25 (6): 1–2. February 2007. Retrieved 2020-10-01. Rev. of The Castle in the Forest.

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Obituaries and Retrospectives

Allen-Mills, Tony (November 11, 2007). "Norman Mailer, Literary Rebel, Dies". Sunday Times. London. pp. 1+. Retrieved 2020-10-01. [Note: Also printed in the Australian under a different headline.]

"The Bad Boy of U.S. Literature". Sunday Times. London. November 11, 2007. p. 20.

"A Brawler who Never Pulled a Punch". Irish Times. November 12, 2007. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

"Heavyweight: Mailer's Life and Work Were Outsized". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 14, 2007. p. B6. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

"Legendary Writer with Particular Love for the Irish". Irish Independent. November 12, 2007. p. unknown. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

"A Life of Writing, Boozing and Brawling". Edmonton Journal. November 11, 2007. p. A3.

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“Mailer won pair of Pulitzers.” Variety 409.1 (19–25 Nov 2007): 55.

“Mailer’s Ghost.” New York 40.42 (26 Nov 2007): 32. Revisits the seven covers of New York Magazine that have featured Mailer, either as author or subject.

“Norman Mailer.” Economist, US ed. 385.8555 (17 Nov 2007): 103.

“Norman Mailer.” Sunday Independent [Ireland] 11 Nov 2007: page unknown.

“Norman Mailer.” Times [London] 12 Nov 2007: 53.

“Norman Mailer.” Independent [London] 13 Nov 2007, first ed.: 34.

“Norman Mailer.” Times Union 15 Nov 2007, one star ed.: A12.

“Norman Mailer, 1923–2007.” Cincinnati Post 12 Nov 2007: C10.

“Norman Mailer, 84.” Newsweek 151.1 (31 Dec 2007): 106.

“Obituary of Norman Mailer.” Daily Telegraph [London] 12 Nov 2007: 25.

“Pulitzer Prize Author Norman Mailer Dies at 84.” Providence Journal 11 Nov 2007: A6.

Ambrose, Jay. “Remembering Mailer.” Knoxville News Sentinel 25 Nov 2007: 73.

Andriani, Lynn. “A Prolific Life to the End.” Publishers Weekly 254.56 (19 Nov 2007): 8.

Associated Press. “Literary Lion Sparked American Debate.” Daily Variety 12 Nov 2007: 2.

———. “Writers Remember Mailer.” Times Union 13 Nov 2007, one star ed.: E5. Comments on Mailer by New York authors and journalists, on the occasion of his death.

Baddiel, David. “For Norman Mailer, Authenticity was all about Masculinity.” Times [London] 17 Nov 2007: 3.

Bancroft, Colette. “‘He was Much More’ than a Writer.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 11 Nov 2007, South Pinellas ed.: 1A.

Barnes, Bart. “A Blustery Force in Life and Letters.” Washington Post 11 Nov 2007, Met 2 Ed.: A01. [Note: Version of this article also printed elsewhere under different headlines.]

Bernstein, Mashey. “In Different Way, Norman Mailer was a Deeply Jewish Writer.” Deep South Jewish Voice 18.1 (Dec 2007): 100+.

Blau, Rosie and Martin Mulligan. “Pulling No Punches to the End.” London Financial Times 12 Nov 2007, U.S. ed.: 13.

Boyd, Herb. “When James Baldwin Met Norman Mailer.” New York Amsterdam News 15 Nov 2007: 1+.

Burke, Cathy and Todd Venezia. “Literary Pug and Original Hipster Mailer, 84, Dies.” New York Post 11 Nov 2007, News: 7.

Calabrese, Erin. “Widow Defends Mailer, Says He ‘Loved Women.’” New York Post 19 Nov 2007, News: 14.

Campbell, James. “Norman Mailer: Pugnacious Journalist and Author.” Guardian [London] 12 Nov 2007, final ed.: 34.

Cappell, Ezra. “Norman Mailer: A Man of Letters Inspired by the People of the Book.” Forward 16 Nov 2007: A1+.

Clark, Roy Peter. “Two Minutes with Mailer.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 15 Nov 2007: 1E.

Clarke, Toni.“Writer Norman Mailer dies at 84.” Irish Times 12 Nov 2007: 10.

Craig, Olga. “A Life of Books, Bars, Brawling.” Gazette [Montreal] 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: A3.

Crosbie, Lynn. “Believe it: This was the Man who Loved Women.” Globe and Mail [Canada] 12 Nov 2007: R1.

Crossen, Cynthia. “Readback: When Normal Mailer Was Nobody: 1948’s ‘The Naked and the Dead’ Was Written Before He Was Famous, And That Is Its Greatest Blessing.” Wall Street Journal Online (15 Nov 2007). http:// www.wallstreetjournal.com.

Cryer, Dan and Aileen Jacobson. “Norman Mailer 1923–2007: A Literary Icon Dies.” Newsday 11 Nov 2007, Nassau and Suffolk ed.: A08

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